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Fantasia has week's best-selling 'Idol' album
08:49 AM
his week, only three Idols have albums in The Billboard 200, and all three women sold within just a few hundred units of each other. Fantasia's Back to Me had a slight edge over Crystal Bowersox's Farmer's Daughter and Carrie Underwood's Play On. All three albums sold about 6,000 units, according to Nielsen SoundScan, with Fantasia having the best chart position at No. 126.
The Grammy effect is in full swing this week, with 10 of the 12 best-selling albums being directly related to awards or performances on the show.
5,668 1,958,083
Idol albums
Fantasia, Back to Me (6,000, -1%, 416,000 total) (#126 Billboard 200)
Crystal Bowersox, Farmer's Daughter (6,000, -14%, 156,000) (#128 BB200)
Carrie Underwood, Play On (5,668, 0 change, 1,958,083) (#135 BB200)
Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts (2,000, -6%, 7.087 million)
Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride (2,000, +5%, 3.178 million)
Daughtry, Daughtry (3,000, -5%)
Mandisa, True Beauty (1,000, -36%, 224,000)
Jason Castro, Who I Am (1,000, +70%, 15,000)
Chris Sligh, The Anatomy of Broken (less than 1,000, +4%, 10,000)
Fantasia has week's best-selling 'Idol' album - Idol Chatter: American Idol News, Rumors, & Information
08:49 AM
his week, only three Idols have albums in The Billboard 200, and all three women sold within just a few hundred units of each other. Fantasia's Back to Me had a slight edge over Crystal Bowersox's Farmer's Daughter and Carrie Underwood's Play On. All three albums sold about 6,000 units, according to Nielsen SoundScan, with Fantasia having the best chart position at No. 126.
The Grammy effect is in full swing this week, with 10 of the 12 best-selling albums being directly related to awards or performances on the show.
5,668 1,958,083
Idol albums
Fantasia, Back to Me (6,000, -1%, 416,000 total) (#126 Billboard 200)
Crystal Bowersox, Farmer's Daughter (6,000, -14%, 156,000) (#128 BB200)
Carrie Underwood, Play On (5,668, 0 change, 1,958,083) (#135 BB200)
Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts (2,000, -6%, 7.087 million)
Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride (2,000, +5%, 3.178 million)
Daughtry, Daughtry (3,000, -5%)
Mandisa, True Beauty (1,000, -36%, 224,000)
Jason Castro, Who I Am (1,000, +70%, 15,000)
Chris Sligh, The Anatomy of Broken (less than 1,000, +4%, 10,000)
Fantasia has week's best-selling 'Idol' album - Idol Chatter: American Idol News, Rumors, & Information
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